{"id":681,"date":"2007-04-01T13:16:08","date_gmt":"2007-04-01T20:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toxicshock.tv\/news\/2007\/04\/01\/new-line-to-remake-escape-from-new-york\/"},"modified":"2007-04-01T13:16:08","modified_gmt":"2007-04-01T20:16:08","slug":"new-line-to-remake-escape-from-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2007\/04\/01\/new-line-to-remake-escape-from-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW LINE to remake ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Variety reported recently\u00c2\u00a0that New Line Cinema has acquired the rights to remake &#8216;Escape from New York&#8217; to star none other than Gerard Butler from Frank Miller&#8217;s 300. Butler\u00c2\u00a0will play Snake Plissken originally played by Kurt Russell in the 1981 film. Writer Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down) has signed on to rewrite the script.<\/p>\n<p>Kurt Russell for one is not too happy about the remake and the casting decisions for the new film. 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